‘Changing the face of cannabis’

With the sound off, images from a new advocacy video touting the merits of medical marijuana could blend seamlessly into a commercial for the latest model of pickup - a burly Texan, clad in a cowboy hat, strides past bales of freshly cut hay, tinkers with a tractor and even feeds a horse. Proponents of loosening marijuana prohibitions in the state are mounting a concerted effort to take their message to West Texas and other predominantly rural regions of the state.

Usa Today foreign affairs reporter Oren Dorell killed in hit-and-run

Trump at G-7 floats end to all tariffs, threatens major penalties for countries that don't agree - QUEBEC CITY - President Trump told foreign leaders at the Group of Seven summit that they must dramatically reduce trade barriers with the United States or they would risk losing access Trump Says U.S. Will No Longer Be 'Piggy Bank That Everybody's Robbing' - LA MALBAIE, Quebec - President Trump said on Saturday that he had brought up with America's closest allies the dramatic prospect of completely eliminating tariffs on goods and services, even as he threatened to end Why Trump lit the fire - The biggest key to understanding Trump's dogmatism on trade is that even as he switched political parties and changed his views on issue after issue, his one consistent stance over 40 years is that other countries are "ripping off the United States" in trade deals, as he put it in 1987.

Trump demands Canada dismantle supply management or risk trading…

Trump at G-7 floats end to all tariffs, threatens major penalties for countries that don't agree - QUEBEC CITY - President Trump told foreign leaders at the Group of Seven summit that they must dramatically reduce trade barriers with the United States or they would risk losing access Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats: Russia is Attempting to Influence US Midterms, Divide Transatlantic Alliance - Russia is attempting to influence the midterm elections in the United States in November as well as divide the transatlantic alliance, US Director Trump Says U.S. Will No Longer Be 'Piggy Bank That Everybody's Robbing' - LA MALBAIE, Quebec - President Trump said on Saturday that he had brought up with America's closest allies the dramatic prospect of completely eliminating tariffs on goods and services, even as he threatened to end Why Trump lit the fire - The biggest key to ... (more)

House Republican factions hunt for immigration deal

Reporters pursue Marc Short, the White House legislative liaison, as House Republicans try to bridge their party's internal struggle over immigration at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, June... . House Rules Committee Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, answers questions from reporters as House Republicans try to bridge their party's internal struggle over immigration at a closed-door meeting on Capitol Hill in Wash... .

Appeals court allows review for Texas inmate who ate his eye

This photo provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shows death-row inmate Andre Thomas, from Texoma, Texas. Attorneys for Thomas, who removed his only eye and ate it in a bizarre outburst several years ago, are arguing to a federal appeals court that he's too mentally ill to be executed for killing his estranged wife's 13-month old daughter.

Trump says Coast Guard rescued people who ‘went out in their boats to watch’ Harvey

President Donald Trump suggested Wednesday that a main reason the US Coast Guard was so busy rescuing people during Hurricane Harvey was that people were watching the storm on boats. The Coast Guard "saved 16,000 people, many of them in Texas, for whatever reason that is," Trump said during a visit to the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters for a briefing on hurricane season.

Route 66 gets its signs

That highway "runs the entire width of Texas, and there's not one song that talks about Interstate 10," said Quandt, who is the vice president of Amarillo's Convention and Visitor Council. "Interstate 35 thinks it's pretty important, running up the central part of the state, but there's not one club in Germany or England celebrating I-35.

What to Do in Blanco, Texas

I'm confronted by this dilemma in downtown Blanco at Old 300 BBQ, which is run by pitmaster Ladd Pepper, who's cooked for countless celebrities, including Beyonc and former President Barack Obama. Earlier in the week I convinced my friend Rolando to make the short 48-mile trip from Austin to Blanco with a promise that there would be both barbecue and beer.

Senator blocked from entering detention center housing migrants’ kids

A United States senator tried to enter a federal facility in Texas where immigrant children are being held, but police were summoned and he was told to leave. Sen. Jeff Merkley's attempt late Sunday to enter the facility, and his request to speak to a manager, comes amid a national debate over the practice of separating families caught crossing the border illegally.

US Senator refused entry to facility holding migrants’ kids

A United States senator trying to gain access to a federal facility housing immigrant children in Texas near the Mexico border and talk to a supervisor has been turned away after police were summoned. U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley, a Democrat from Oregon, told one of the police officers in Brownsville that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions' team and the Office of Refugee Resettlement are trying to hide what's happening behind the doors of the former Walmart.

Avalon GloboCare Appoints Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S….

Avalon GloboCare Corp. , a leading global developer of cell-based technologies, announced today that the Company has appointed Dr. Tevi Troy, Former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to its Board of Directors where he will also chair the governance and nominating committees. Dr. Troy currently serves as Vice President of Public Policy for Juul Labs.

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Seeking to comfort grieving families and shaken survivors, President Donald Trump spent more than an hour privately Thursday with some of those impacted by a Texas mass school shooting that killed 10 and wounded more than a dozen on May 18. The latest spasm of violence in a year marred by assaults on the nation's schools, the shooting at Santa Fe High School was the latest to test the president's role as national comforter-in-chief. Trump met with more than two dozen people affected by the shooting, and did not publicly share his message for the grieving families and local leaders during a meeting at a Coast Guard base outside Houston.

As Hurricane Season Begins, Cornyn Launches Preparedness Site

At the start of hurricane season, U.S. Senator John Cornyn launched a page on his website where Texans will be able to access resources and information associated with hurricane preparedness and disaster aid. Last month, Senator Cornyn introduced the Coastal Texas Protection Act , a provision of which has been included in the America's Water Infrastructure Act .

Thank Republicans for your right to try

Imagine the horror of learning you have a terminal illness for which science has not yet come up with a treatment. Now imagine receiving the same diagnosis, and then learning a promising new treatment exists that could save your life - but you can't get access to it thanks to governmental obstacles.